Junior Doctors: Training

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many post graduate training posts there were  (a) in total and  (b) for GP positions for junior doctors in each year since 1997.

Rosie Winterton: The number of post graduate posts and junior doctors posts funded by the Department from the Medical and Dental Education and Training Levy (MADEL) form 2003-04 to 2007-08 are shown in the following table.
	
		
			  Number of MADEL funded posts, 2003-04 to 2007-08 
			   Number of posts 
			   2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 Total posts funded from MADEL 35,878 36,833 37,427 37,611 39,326 
			 GP registrars and pre registration house officers funded from MADEL 2,402 22,726 2,911 2,902 2,902 
			  Notes: 1. 2007-08 MADEL figures include 351 SHO posts and 527 SpR posts that are rebased from service. 2. Due to changes in methodology, MADEL figures are not available prior to 2003-04.  Source: MADEL allocations data